Three Japanese Short Stories

'Oh the cruelty of time, that destroys all things!'

Beguiling, strange and hair-raising tales from early 20th century Japan: Nagai's Behind the Prison, Uno's Closet LLB and Akutagawa's deeply macabre General Kim.

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„Oh, cruzimea timpului, care distruge toate lucrurile!” Povesti stralucitoare, ciudate si ridicate de par de la inceputul secolului al XX-lea Japonia: Nagai's Behind the Prison, Uno's Closet LLB si profund macabrul general Kim al lui Akutagawa. Penguin Modern: cincizeci de carti noi care sarbatoresc spirit de pionierat al emblematicului serial Penguin Modern Classics, fiecare oferind un hit concentrat al aromei sale contemporane, internationale.